Mikoyan MiG-29

The Mikoyan MiG-29 (Russian: Микоян МиГ-29; NATO reporting name: “Fulcrum”) is a twin-engine jet fighter aircraft designed in the Soviet Union. Developed by the Mikoyan design bureau as an air superiority fighter during the 1970s.

Role: Air superiority fighter, multirole fighter

National origin: Sovjet Union

Manufacturer: Mikoyan

First flight: 6 October 1977

Introduction: July 1983

Status: In service

Produced: 1982–present

Number built: 1,600+

Variants: Mikoyan MiG-29M, Mikoyan MiG-29K, Mikoyan MiG-35

Military operators

Algerian Air Force – 26 MiG-29

Azerbaijani Air Forces – 13 MiG-29

Bangladeshi Air Force – 8 MiG-29SE (6 MiG-29B and 2 MiG-29UB)

Belarusian Air Force – 41 MiG-29

Bulgarian Air Force – 14 MiG-29 and four MiG-29UB

Chadian Air Force – 3 MiG-29

Cuban Revolutionary Air and Air Defense Force – 4 MiG-29

Egyptian Air Force – Negotiating for 24 MiG-29s

Eritrean Air Force – 4 MiG-29

Indian Air Force – 67 MiG-29

Indian Naval Air Arm – 20 MiG-29K

Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force – 25 MiG-29

Kazakh Air and Air Defence Forces – 40 MiG-29

Royal Malaysian Air Force – 12 MiG-29

Mongolian Air Force – Five MiG-29

Myanmar Air Force – 36 MiG-29

Peruvian Air Force – 19

Korean People’s Air Force – 10-15

Polish Air Force – 38

Russian Air Force – ~230–291 MiG-29

Serbian Air Force and Air Defence – three MiG-29s and one MiG-29UB

Slovak Air Force – 6

Sudanese Air Force – 12

Syrian Arab Air Force – 19 MiG-29

Turkmen Air Force – 24 MiG-29

Ukrainian Air Force – 80 MiG-29

United States – Used by private defense contractor Air USA for adversary training services

Uzbekistan Air and Air Defence Forces – 60 MiG-29

Yemeni Air Force – 18 MiG-29SMTs and one MiG-29UBT

Former military operators

Czechoslovakia – Received 18 MiG-29s and two MiG-29UB aircraft

Czech Republic – Inherited nine MiG-29 and one MiG-29UB

East Germany – 24 absorbed into the West German Air Force upon reunification

Germany – One crashed, one on display, 22 sold to Poland

Hungary – 28

Iraq – during Saddam Hussein’s era. These were destroyed or written off

Israel – leased from Poland in 1997

Moldova – not operational, six MiG-29S in storage

Romania – 17 MiG-29 and five MiG-29UB

Serbia and Montenegro – Inherited from Yugoslavia, six shot down in 1999